Insanity Plea Ignored in Rogers Trial
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals orders a new trial for Mrs Rebecca Bradley Rogers after ruling improper remarks by the district attorney before the jury. Rogers was convicted of robbery by firearms at Liu Grange and sentenced to 14 years. The indictment stemmed from a December 11 1926 bank robbery in Buda Texas with venue changes traversed to Fayette County.
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Associated Press
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Liu Grange
Rogers
Texas University
Hays County
Farmers National Bank
Buda
Fayette County
W. J. Fagan
Freestone County
Fort Worth wife granted new trial in murder case
Otis Rogers rejoices aloud as Rebecca Bradley Rogers wins a new trial in a Parker county murder charge. The case involved self defense instructions and a sensational incident with a fake newspaper reporter in the bank vault. Mrs Rogers contends insanity at the time of the offense, and witnesses supported this defense. The court’s ruling follows long, dramatic proceedings.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Otis Rogers
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Rogers
S. H. Newton
Parker County
J. Y W. Arnold
Rebecca
Tim Willard
Texas
Willard
Simsborough
Appellnt
P. W. Howard
el Paso
N. W. Nixon
News
Austin
Amarillo
LaGrange
Fred Blundell
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast through Thursday for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for unsettled, cold conditions with a northward cold wave. West Texas should see cloudy skies with rain in the southeast and temperatures dipping from 6 to 22 degrees in the north, accompanied by warnings for livestock and a cold wave. New Mexico expected to be unsettled with snow in the north and southeast on Thursday. A high pressure system lies over northern Montana and the Dakotas bringing below zero readings from Montana to the Mississippi.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Mississippi River
Idaho
Utah
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Eight-Cent Gas Offer to Amarillo Industries
Dorset Carter brings gas to city limits and offers eight cents per thousand cubic feet to industrial users in Amarillo. The former Pantex oil line, repurposed as a gas conduit, runs from Hutchinson County toward the city outskirts. Carter plans no city franchise but will deliver gas at the stated rate, with no minimum or distributing mains planned inside the city.
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Dorset Carter
Amarillo
Pantex Pipe Line Company
Borger
Texas Company
Hutchinson
Carson
Carter
Ife
City Commission
Hutchinson County
Slayer of Houston Cop Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair
John McKenzie, convicted for the Sept 10 1927 fatal shooting of Chief of Detectives Sam Street, was sentenced by Judge W W McCrory to die in the electric chair on Saturday March 28. Petitions circulate seeking clemency from Governor Moody.
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United Press
San Antonio
Tex
John McKenzie
Sam Street
W. W. McCrory
Governor Moody
Salt Lake City Officer Blinded By Tear Gas
J G Smith desk sergeant in Salt Lake City was temporarily blinded after tear gas from a fountain pen, owned by Roy Dickerson, discharged when the bandit was arrested on a Dyer act charge. The gas burst as police subdued the suspect.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
J. G. Smith
Roy Dickerson
Alabama
Florida Crew Rescued From Sinking Freighter Florida
New York Jan 28 The full crew of the Italian freighter Florida, 32 men, were rescued after more than 36 hours aboard the wave battered ship. They were taken to the U S America amid a bitter cold gale with one life boat lost. Captain George Fried reported the rescue by radio.
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United Press
New York
Florida
U. S. America
George Fried
North Atlantic
America
Atlantic
Fried
Harry Manning
Postmaster Vaughan Denies Patronage Claims at Lubbock
Lubbock postmaster John L. Vaughan said he has not yet been subpoenaed by the senate patronage investigating committee. Vaughan, postmaster for four years, noted 25 years of Republican party affiliation in Texas and said he never knew of patronage being peddled to Texans.
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Associated Press
Lubbock
John L. Vaughan
Senate
Washington
Vaughan
Republican Party
Texas
Lefors Defies State Claim to Island Riverbed Land
Lefors leaders defend their town against Texas efforts to reclaim the North Fork of Red River as navigable, arguing the creek bed is not navigable and part of 640 acres homesteaded by the Thut family. The dispute threatens 7 oil wells, a park, cemetery, and city lots amid a growing Panhandle oil field town.
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Lefors
Gray County
T. E. Johnson
Panhandle
Red River
Gray
Wheeler
State of
Texas
Thut
Lefors Production Company
Texas Company
Landreth Production Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Henry Thut
Tascosa
Mobeetie
Pampa
Lefora
Austin
J. W. Shaw
George M. Clardy and Associates
Thui Place
George Thut
Wheeler County
North Fork
Redriver
Perryton to Build 3Story Hotel with 50 Rooms
Special to The News Perryton Jan 25 Construction to begin soon on a three story modern hotel in Perryton. J L North of Amarillo and Perryton citizens closed the agreement. Project aims for early summer completion with about 80 000 dollars cost. The plan includes coffee shop dining room and three storefronts.
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Perryton
J.L
Amarillo
Ohio Bus Crash Victim Admits Bank Robbery
Teddy O Brawski of Brooklyn admitted two bank robberies after the bus crash that killed 14 people in Bellevue Ohio. He had fought for his life before recognizing the hopelessness and confessed to a Detroit summer robbery and another in California previously.
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Associated Press
Hellevue
Dan
Teddy O'Brawski
Brooklyn
O'Brawaki
Detroit
California
Macdonald in City to Write of Railroads
A. B. Macdonald, author of Hands Up, visits Amarillo to gather material for a Kansas City Star article on Panhandle railroading. A longtime Star staffer and biographer of Colonel Goodnight, he praises Amarillo’s growth and notes Billy Sunday’s potential visit as a booster for the city.
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MacDonald
Kansas City
A. B. Macdonald
Southwest
Amarillo
Panhandle
Saturday
Yenin Post
Mr. Macdonald
The
Colonel Goodnight
Tascoua
Billy Sunday
Corpus Christi
Sunday
the Star
Death penalty for assailant of 17 year old girl
Lee Roy Merriman, 28, was sentenced to death in the electric chair for criminally assaulting a 17 year old girl. Bennie Aldridge, 23, received a different fate after a wave of robberies and kidnappings near Dallas on December 9. Investigators cite possible links to two murders of women found in a corn field on November 4 as the case unfolds. Aldridge pleaded guilty and planned an appeal, while Merriman's insanity defense and tense arrest preceded the jury verdict.
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Associated Preen
Dallas
Dan
Lee Roy Merriman
Merriman
Bennie Aldridge
Caddo
Oklo
Aldridge
District Attorney's
Beasie Lynch
Cleo Lieto
Oklahoma
Bright
Tie Aldridge
Eddie Roark
Midwest Faces Severe Cold Wave With Zero Real Feel
A cold wave moving from the Rockies drove the Midwest to near zero, with Minnesota reporting one death as highways froze and transit slowed. Chicago news noted temps falling below freezing overnight and a forecast for rising daytime temperatures, while last night’s low of 25 degrees and yesterday’s high of 43 were recorded.
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Associated -Prean
Chicago
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Missouri
Middle
Mississippi
Minnesota
Bandit Leader Claims Alibi for Lamar Killings
The bandit leader says he never robbed a bank and offers an alibi for the Lamar killings, stating he was in jail at the time. He asserts his innocence and challenges the authorities’ accounts of the crime.
Speakeasy ruse nets Pendleton leader of bank gang
In El Paso the suspect Asa O Pendleton known as Ace faced a lengthy trial after police posing as prohibition agents nabbed him at a speakeasy. Authorities link him to over twenty bank robberies, eight killings, and a Lamar Colorado case. Pendleton admits identity, denies bank involvement, and cites jail time as record. He was arrested with two others after searches at the venue.
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EL Paso
Dan
Prohibition
Asa O
Ace
Pendleton
United States
Lamar
Col. Job
Okemah
Okla
Pampa
Purcell
Texas
L. T. Robey
J. W. Fitzgerald
Hutte
Mont
Frank Powers
Identification Bureau
Montana
Hin
Jumping Bond
Eldorado
Ark
N. Y
Clean Up Your Coat Apartment Bike Car Repairs
Fragmentary ad style plea lists chores and purchases including coats apartments bikes furnaces radios cars and a cook stove. Tone resembles a classifieds prompt urging readers to take action on household needs.
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